The only way I have found to automate this process in a way that you speak
of is to use expect. I had to do something similar where I wrapped the
whole certificate creating process in a CGI using the Perl expect module,
this worked quite nicely. If there is a way to feed openssl input from a
text file I missed it and did alot of work for nothing on this project.
Sean Conley
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Jorge Ruben Macias Lopez
wrote:
> hello,
>
> I'm trying to generate some certificates, but can't find the way to automate
> the process. For example, I have a script with the following command:
> openssl genrsa -des3 -out $1.key 1024
>
> where $1 gets a unique identifier for the user, usually the login name.
>
> when I execute the script, I get a prompt asking for the PEM passphrase, but
> I would like openssl to get that value from somewhere else, like a command
> line parameter or from a dinamically generated textfile. I tried <
> inputfile, but the redirection just won't work.
>
> Is there a way to do stuff like this?
>
> thanks
>
> Jorge Rubén Macías López
> Operadora Protel S.A. de C.V.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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